Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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> • *p '•r>k •. v " " - THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, c d. M. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, J. Brian Bell, News Editor. The Ledger is not responsible for rhe views of correspondents. every effort to increase the buzzing of the governoratorial bee In his hat by his attack on the dispensary, hop ing through this channel to down Sen ator Tillman, who claims to be the father of the dispensary of South Car olina. “In Senator Brice’s county (York- ville). where the dispensary has been j . * ... u i recently voted out. there is today Hereafter no advert,sements w,|| be more , drunkenness> toore blind tigers PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. accepted at this office after 12 o’colck on Mondays and Thursdays. Watch your label, and the date. And renew before 'Us too late; If th6re be an error, 'don’t get mad, Report to us—we’ll make you glad. Remember, r t.ij our aim to please, But errors are like peskv fleas— They will creep in in spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. UNDER A CLOUD. The row over the appointment of B. F. Barnes to postmaster at Wash ington has assumed the proportions of a national issue, and has placed the president and the Washington su perintendent of police, one Sylvester, in position altogether unenviable. The Washington Post, a Republican news paper of high standing, said editori ally in its issue of May 1st: “For some time the chief of police has been obeying the behest of the president to scour the city and coun try for evidences to prove that Mrs. Minor Morris is of unbalanced mind. He has cast his drag-net to haul the y-aters and employed the muck rake to search the cesspools for testimony to this effect. * * He has found nothing that would stand scrutiny for a moment in court. * * This de lectable work by the superintendent of police has in part been intended to justify the conduct of his men in brutally maltreating Mrsl Morris, when at the command of Assistant Secretary Barnes, they arrested her at the White House and dragged her to the house of detention, and there filed a charge of insanity against her. It has clearly, also, been meant to-Jus- tify Mr. Barnes in ordering her ar rest.’’ To this the Star adds; “Before the superintendent can gain public confidence in the matter of the distressing prevalence of crime in the district he must show that he has not been wasting the en ergies of the force by the perform ance of a dutv which appears to have been a superfluous bit of kow-towing to the White House authoritfles." The Star also calls attention to the fact that a son of Major Sylvester was appointed to a cadetship at An napolis last February, about the time the Major was engaged in kow-tow ing and muck-raking, and insinuates that there was a direct connection between the Major’s dirtv work and th- appointment of his son. It bols ters this insinuation by showing that a son of Elmer E. Payne, a swift wit ness for Barnes and the president against Mrs. Morris, was given a sim ilar appointment at the the same time. Such things as these cast a cloud over the White House itself It was bad enough to reward Barnes for brutality; but it was worse to use corrupt means, if such were really used, to defame an innocent and in jured woman, and nroduce false evi dence and venal support for the pres ident’s protege. As an illustration of the sneaking, dishonorable methods en^ployed by Sylvester in 'this infamous business, the Star publishes the statement of Mr. L. R. Perkins, of Washington, to the effect that just after Senator Tillman’s speech on the Barnes- Morris incident, Sylvester, dressed in plain clothes, went to the house of Mrs. Dunlap, in that city, and ques tioned her regarding the sanity of Mrs. Morris. That on being told that Mrs. Morris was perfectly sane, Syl vester requested Mrs. Dunlap to say nothing about his visit. The Star also charges that Sylves ter procured a false affidavit from a North Carolina physician stating that Mrs. Morris had been treated by him two years ago for some mental dis order. In view of all this the ^Star js call- in# loudly for “a square deal,’’ and is denouncing the white-washing policy and corrupt methods of the adminis tration. It is heartily supporting Sen ator Tillman and tha other Demo cratic senators in their opposition to the confirmation of Barnes. It real ly doesn’t think that brutality anc mendacity supplemented by libels and bribery are winning cards when played by all the power of a great government! against a defenseless woman. and a stronger opposition to the sena tor himself than there has been for years. Today Senator Brice (the au thor of the Brice bill) cannot be re elected chairman of the Democratic party of his own county, and will not succeed himself as State senator, due to his opposition to the State dispen sary. In the thirteen other counties of the State that have voted out the dispensary in the last six months, namely, Newberry, Union, and sever al others that I might mention, whis key flows without limit, drunkenness is on the increase, blind tigers bold full swar, the local police are Inade quate to control the situation and Governor Heyward is bring daily ap pealed to increase the constabu lary forces of these counties.” All we have to say is, that Mr. Yates is either a profoundly ignorant man or unduly impertinent. Recent de velopments prove he is in error in re gard to his assertions concerning Mr. Brice, and it is the heighth of impu dence to assert that “the best element of South Carolina is in favor of the dispensary. We are disposed to be charitable and to believe that Mr. Yates was simply talking at random. THE INDUSTRIAL ISSUE. Today’s edition of The Ledger is in truth a mirrow of industrial Gaffney. Like all publications of its kind, it necessarily has its defects. It must be remembered, however, that for a publication of this kind - to be com plete it is essential that every enter prise in the community enter hearti ly into the project. We are not com plaining of lack of cooperation or patronage. On the other hand we are rather proud of the support given us. and we simply mention the above fact for the reason thht should anyone note that there have been omissions they will understand it was through no fault of ours. Naturally it takes money to get out a paper like this and we have endeavored to be liberal to those who have contributed in a substantial way to the expense of this edition. We have not studiously omitted anyone but have simply men tioned those who have expressed a willingness to be mentioned We only wish that all could hav e seen fit to encourage the enterprise. All in all it is a most creditable resume of the business of Gaffney. Miss Helen Riddle, of Yorkville, is the charming guest of Mrs. D. W. Hicks, in this city. Messrs. D. C. Ross and C. M. Smith, presidents of the National and the Merchants and Planters banks, of this city, have reWirned from Greenville, where they attended the State bankers’ association. D. A. Thomas, the venerable local editor of Th e News, is among the veterans in attendance at the reun ion in Columbia. W. T. Jetton and sister, Miss Lil lian, of Anderson, are visiting in the city. They came to attend the Haz- zard-Harmon wedding. G. W. McKown attended the reun ion of Confederate veterans in Co lumbia this week. Derbin Jones was a business visi tor to Union Tuesday. Henry M. McAden, capitalist of Charlotte and director of the National Bank of Gaffney, was In the city Wednesday on business. Mrs. J. W. Abott is visiting rel atives in Greer. George D. Jefferies left the city Tuesday for Spartanburg and Colum bia where he goes on a business trip. D. P. Sides left Tuesday for Colum bia where he attends the reunion. Logan Warmouth left the city Tuesday for Columbia. Benny Martin and family, promi nent residents of the county, are visiting in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Hope, of Colum bia, who have been visiting relatives in the city, returned to their home Tuesday. B. G. Clary has returned from a tri * to Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Wood left the city Tuesday for Columbia. Miss Lois Montgomery, a student at Limestone College, left! Wednes day for her homp, in Sparta iburg. Miss Georgia Thonnsen. of Wash ington, D. C., is the attractive guest of Miss Pearl Crawley. Mrs. W. F. Smith and little son, Waltier, are visiting relatives in Texas. Mrs. D. A. Thomas is visiting rel atives in Texas. Mrs. Fannie Montgomery, who has been engaged in teaching in Clover, has returned to her home in this city. J. W. Abbott was a Stpartanburg visitor yesterday. Hermon Corry, formerly of Gaffney but now residing in Greenville, visit ed his parents in this city this week. Miss Annie Snead, sponsor, accom- pani^ by her maids of honor, Misses Ruth Sarratt and Lula Borders, left Wednesday for Columbia where they renresent Jake Carpenter Camp U. C. V. at the reunion in that city. Messrs. Stfeadman, S. M. Scoggins, James S. Wells, O. D. Hancock and C. T. Bridges were among the Gaff ney Odd Fellows in attendance at the Grand Lodge of the State in its meeting in Greenville. NOTES AND COMMENTS. In another column we are publish ing a communication from Mr. G. A Knigt in regard t 0 the George Hasty case. For the world we cannot under stand why Mr. Knight should for a moment entertain the idea that we would not print his communication because he is a mill man. Some of the best friends we have in the world are mill people and there is no class of people we would sooner endeavor to help than mill people. We do not for a moment consider the occupation of man when we ro to make up our estimate of him. We never knew un til after the shooting that George Hasty had ever worked in a mill and w e never regarded him as a mill man However, his previous occupation has nothing to do with the case, and we decline to discuss it from that stand point. We would not now mention the subject except for the fact that we dislike to be placed in a false po sition. Wf> do not believe Mr. Knight purposely intended to do this, but he does dot it, therefore w P must protest against the assertion that we have deprecated the killing of Bennett and Davison by Hasty because the latter worked in a cotton mill. We repeat that his former occupation has noth- ins' in the world to do with the case Letter to Wm. Allen, Gaffney, S. C. , Dear Sir: There are these five ways of badness in paint; (1) Stuffed-out with chalk, or some thing like that; (2) barytes, better than chalks, but no covering to it; nobody knows it’s there: (3) benzine in the oil, or water, or other such stuffing; (4) too thin—too much liquid, what ever it is. for the solid; (5) short measure; Now will you buy the price per “gallon”? We furnish our agents with a state chemist’s certificate of analysis that tells what’s in Devoe. Yours truly F W Devoe & Co 46 New York P. S.—R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. sell our paint. The season's first cold may be slight—may yield to early treatment, but the next cold will hang on longer; it will be more troublesome, too. U n - necessary to take chances on that second one. Scott’s Emulsion is a preventive as well as a cure. Take when colds abound and you’ll have no cold. Take it when the cold is contracted and it checks inflamma tion, heals the membranes of the throat and lungs and drives the cold out. Send foe free temple. SCOTT ft BOVNE, Chemists 409*418 Pean Street, New York 90c. and 81.00 • • • All drugglete STATEMENT — of the — MERCHANTS & PLANTERS BANK, Gaffney, S. C., ab the close of business May 4, 1906. Resources. Loans and Discounts $24S.3tl4 14 Overdrafts 5,1x7 31 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank !»00 00 To Be Frank you have really never eaten a true soda cracker until you have eaten . Uneeda Biscuit The only soda cracker which is all good and always good, protected from strange hands by a dust tight, moisture £$ proof package. 4^ NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Don’t Stand on One Foot Like a Goose Trying to Rest the Other! BUY GRORSETT SHOES And stand up like a man. They are made to fit and wear. We also have on hand a full line of the celebrated :: ;: Ziegler Shoes for Women. These two lines have the three qualities of good shoemaking :: Handsome Styles, Finest Materials, Best Workmanship. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—New No. 4 Geiser Thrasher with straw stacker, used one season. A bargain. J. C. Lip scomb. May 18. 2fc. FOR SALE—Twenty shares Nation al Bank Gaffney. Make offer to W. R. Burwell, Charlotte, N. C. FOR WOOD—Both oak and pine; also Ice, delivered to any part of the city, ’Phone 176. V. I. Spurgeon. April 20 Imo. FOR SALE—One line bay m&re, good condition. Well suited for farm or family use. Apply to Limestone Mills. 12-8-tf. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Two store rooms o r Robinson street. Webst • & Jefferies March 6 tf. WANTED. WANTED—Copies of The Ledger of January 9th and 12th, at this office. LOST. LOST—Bunch of keys. Finder will please return to Ledger office. MOVED. I have mo red my wood yard next to 11- oower house, and am prepared to furnish wood cut in any length for stove or Are place. Can also fur nish ice in anv quanitv on short no tice. 'Phone, office 176, residence 67. V. I. SPURGEON. April 20 1m. DON’T FORGET I you can be cured of Cancr, Tu- I I mor or Chronic Old Sores. Ten I I thousand cases treated. It is the I I surest cure on earth. Delay is I I fatal. How to be cured? Just I I write I I D. B. GLADDEN, Grover. N. C. I Humphries Shoe Co. The place to buy correct foot-wear. 1765 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 1906 Charleston, S. C. Entrunre examinations will bo held In the County Court House on Friday. July 6th, at 9 a. m. One Free Tuition Scholarship to each county In South Carolina, awarded by the County Superintendent of Education and Probate Judge. Board and furnished room In dormitory, tl 1 a month. All candidates for admission are permitted to compete for va cant Boyce Scholarships which pay |100 a year. For catalogue and Information address Hakkison Randolph, President. May 18-lm-pd. Rhode Island Reds and Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. Rhode Island Reds either rose or sin gle comb prize winners. Pen No. I, 15 Eggs £2.00; Pen No. 2, 15 Eggs £1.50 Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, 9 Eggs £3.00. E, R, CASH, Gaffney, S; C. Mch. 16 2 mo. la. w. pd. Opening Announcement! m&w Furniture and Fixtures Due from Banks and Bankers. Cutn ncy Gold •. Silver Mckles and Pennies .. . Ch> cks and Cash Item 1.131 34 18 H30 04 7,000 00 4,000 00 1.281 88 456 60 ■1287,750 96 IGNORANCE OR IMPERTINANCE? In tho course of a communication to the Atlanta Georgian, Mr. J. St. Ju lian Yates, a former Charlestonian says: “You are again in error In your I Jse yo " r ™ in * as a storehoilse . but sbatement that the best element of not as a J |inlv sh °P the people of South Carolina have in augurated a campaign of opposition against the dispensary system . This ib not true, for today the very best element of South Carolina, including the clergy as well as tiip, laity, have Inaugurated a strong campaign in de fense of this system. It is true that there is, under thp leadership of The Charleston News and Courier, an op position to the dispensary, and this opposition to the dispensary Is a blind attack against United States Senator B. R, Tillman, and with muffled dag- ger Senator Brice, of Yorkville, is •tabbing this Institution and making Catarrh Cannot he Cured with LOO\L APPLICATIONS, as they can not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease, and In order to cure it yon must, take internal rem edies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter nally, and acts directly on the mucous sur faces Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and Is a regular prescription. It isconiposed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood puritiers. acting directly on the nriucouK Surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free -F.J- CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo. O Sold by druggists, price 75c. Hall’sF mifir Pills are the best Total Liabilities. Capital Stock paid in. $ 75.000 00 Surplus Fund.. 5.000 00 Unnivlded Profits less current ex penses and Taxes Paid 10.:96 70 Individual deposits, subject to check 123,968 '.13 Time certificates 20,304 08 Cashier’s checks i.shi 25 Notes and bills re-discounted 46.000 M) Total f2s7.:r)0 96 State of South Carolina, , Cherokee County, Before me came R. S. Lipscomb, Cashier of the Merchants & Planters Bank, Gatfney. H. C\, who being duly sworn, says that the al>ove and foregoing statement Is a true con dition of said hank as shown by the books of file in said bank. R. S. Lipscomb, Sworn to and subscribed before me this, the 14th day of May, 1906. Thos. B. Bcti.sk, (L. S.l Notary Public.S. C. Correct, Attest: A. N. Wood. i R. M. Wilkins. > Directors. R. A. Jones. ) The White Diamond Lithia Springs Hotel ^ Under The Management Of ^ Mrs. J. I. Turnage, of iTiami, Flprida. A thoroughly modern hotel in every respect; large airy rooms, long veran das, broad halls, excellent cuisine. Hot and cold baths on both floors, good comfortable beds and new linens. Every room an outside room. The finest water on earth, both mineral and freestone. We guarantee our water, we guarantee our hotel service, we guaranteed to please you; if we don’t, we don’t want your money. A good String Band has been engaged for the sea son and there’ll be “something doing,” “in the good old summer time.” Tennis, croquet, basket ball, bowling, fishing, etc. Season tickets on sale at all points to our resort. We have an elegent new depot and our Bus meets all trains; Bus fare, 25c. Our water on sale, both plain and carbonat ed by Cherokee Drug Co. Our Soda Water and “White Diamond Lithia” Ginger Ale for sale by all dealers here, and it is the best on the market, For rates and all particulars, address Mrs. J. I. Turnage, Kings Creek, S. C. The Piedmont Mineral Springs Go., Props. i